donnybrook

n. <口>闹哄哄的殴斗,大混战

发音

/ˈdɒnɪbɹʊk/

词形变化

donnybrooks 复数 donnybrooks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Chaotic.

词源

Named from Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event, held annually from 1204 until the middle of the 19th century. The town of Donnybrook comes from the Irish Domhnach Broc (“The Church of Saint Broc”).

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